I'm starting a oneworld award trip (via AA miles) tomorrow and just wanted to know if it was okay to not take an intermediate segment? Basically, just throw-away the flight coupon.

Or, would this be considered illegal as just a way to get around the "only one open-jaw" clause?

Those closer to the industry would probably know more, but from what I have understood from many past postings, you risk the cancellation of all subsequent sectors - or the airline potentially billing you for the full fare cost of all sectors. You get a RTW fare at a special price - a contract from the airline to you. You breach the contract and you might be liable for full fare on all sectors. Wouldn't it be easier to re-issue the ticket and pay the USD75 fee?

og,

LRD is talking about an Award Ticket, not a OWE. And I would say it's very risky in this case because the ticket and the reservation are linked (and can't, as far as I know, be unlinked). So if you no show one sector you will probably have the whole itinerary cancelled. If you really have to do it then I would ring AA about 30 mins before the departure of the flight you aren't going to take, tell them you have some domestic crisis, will miss the flight, and will make you own way separately to the next city. Then ask them to make sure that the subsequent sectors are not cancelled. It will probably work, but you do run the risk of someone checking and invalidating the whole ticket and/or taking a load more miles off you for what the ticket as used should have cost.

By the way, on a OWE ticket throwing away one segment is no problem at all provided that you get the ticket issued open dated and separate from the reservations.

christep,

Thanks for those comments - I was so excited at getting the new FT Board to work that I didn't carefully read the OP! And as for the OWE tip - one more reason for the open dated tickets.